Fun Diego Family has been writing about the best Chicago pizza in San Diego. However, we are the first to admit we have never actually tried this pizza in its hometown. The closest we have come is to Chicago pizza chain Giordano’s. We have tried four Giordano’s locations in Las Vegas and Florida. This is…
In the Fun Diego Family, pizza taxonomy, Chicago deep dish falls into the thick crust category. This also includes Sicilian style and Detroit pizza, but many consider Chicago deep dish an entirely separate entity. To many New Yorkers, deep dish is an abomination to the name pizza. On our end, we love all styles of…
Fun Diego Family is on a quest to find the best pizza in San Diego. Because all pizza styles are not created equal, we have created four categories of pizza. One major category is thick crust pizza. This includes Chicago deep dish, Sicilian, Detroit and several other regional pizza types. This is our list of…
Sicilian Thing Pizza is a small shop in North Park that is on many best of San Diego lists. It has taken Fun Diego Family several years to make it, but now we are converted. This is our Sicilian Thing Pizza Review. WEBSITE: https://www.sicilianthingpizza.com/ UPDATE DECEMBER 2020: In November 2019 ownership of Sicilian Thing changed. We…
In Fun Diego Family’s quest for the best pizza in San Diego Regent’s Pizzeria presented a dilemma. Regent’s has both NY-style and Chicago deep-dish. These are separate categories, so the question is which category should we place Regents? This is our Regents Pizzeria Review. WEBSITE: https://www.regentspizza.com/ When looking at the best pizza places in San Diego…
When we set out on search for the best pizza in San Diego we know Lefty’s would be on the list. We have been going here for years. Finally, we are getting around to our Lefty’s Chicago Pizzeria Review. WEBSITE: http://leftyspizza.com/ Lefty’s Chicago Pizzeria has two locations. The original one is in North Park on…
The Spot has been a La Jolla Village institution since the 1970s. However, many people might not realize this restaurant actually started in Chicago. The Spot in La Jolla not only has some of the best deep-dish pizza in San Diego, they can claim to be an actual Chicago pizza. WEBSITE: https://thespotonline.com/ Pizza is only…
Berkeley California is, of course, the home to Chicago Deep Dish style pizza. Well, that is not really true, but it is home to Zachary’s Pizza. Zachary’s helped establish Chicago style pizza on the West Coast since it opened in 1983. Berkeley Pizza was inspired by Zachary’s to bring this style of pizza to San…
I had my first Detroit style pizza in North Carolina in 2016. I was immediately hooked. When I got back to San Diego, I started looking for a place that served this style and found out about the newly opened Square Pizza Co in Pacific Beach. This place has become a new family favorite. In…
In the Fun Diego Family, pizza taxonomy, Chicago deep dish falls into the thick crust category. This also includes Sicilian style and Detroit pizza, but many consider Chicago deep dish an entirely separate entity. To many New Yorkers, deep dish is an abomination to the name pizza. On our end, we love all styles of…